Accessible Walkability~The Fabric of Community

A few years back we wrote about the magic of the Idaho Stop. In Idaho traffic laws were revised in 1982 with an innovative bicycle code that allowed “bicyclists to do a “rolling stop” instead of a dead halt at stop signs~treating the “stop sign” like a “yield” sign. Some cyclists and police officers advocated for an amendment…

My motion for 30k/h speed limit on residential streets comes before City Council Tuesday. It's work based on advocacy of many local orgs like @WeAreHub and @bccycle, the previous council, my own personal experiences, and a growing worldwide safety-first movement to slow down… pic.twitter.com/ZC9qKp1bEK — Pete Fry (@PtFry) April 18, 2019 We have been advocating…

We’ve written about City of Vancouver Councillor Pete Fry’s motion asking that Council support a resolution to the Union of British Columbia Municipalities to lobby the Province to amend the Motor Vehicle Act “to a default speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour for local streets with municipalities enabled to increase speed limits on local…

Fifty-two years ago this May Expo 67 opened on two man-made islands in Montreal. The 20th century was about World’s Fairs, and this fair with the theme “Man and His World” attracted fifty million visits in its six month run. At the time Canada’s population was only 20 million people. Several notable buildings…

Vancouver Sun’s Dan Fumano talks about an interesting perception with the work of the current Vancouver City Council. Dan was referring to the council report on the “court house block” of 800 block of Robson Street and the potential decision to approve over five million dollars to create a permanent plaza at this location. You can…